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get a jet spray and give it a clean, that should do it surly.

had a whole room of similar dimensions done for £280 2 weeks ago

i don`t think you can, what i would do is use a hot air gun to strip all the paint off and start again. that is if you don`t want to live with a second coat but still with the dodgy paint. i would not use paint stripper!!

well yes it is wooden lath plaster underneith, and fiba tape was applied, have given the plaster a knock and it seems fixed, well it sounds a bit hollow but that could be the old plaster underneith, problem is that it is really thick, so quite heavy, think we may make the house look nice and...

will the wallpaper adhesive stick to this type of wall surface??

do it and you will void your house insurance!

a wind turbine is really only a use to offset your consumption, if i was in your shoes, and i wish i was as i have dreams of doing what you are doing i would use a combination of ways to heat and generate your house hold needs, Hot tap water i would use solar heating, these are rather good...

but not sure, someone will have the answer but sounds like some sort of old paint, so be carefull it my contain lead! it may be possible to paint on a layer of something like PVA to provide a bonding surface for the new paint, or have you tried water, will it wash off, i am only speaking as i...

High Saz not sure but firstly was this paint coating under wallpaper or anything, is it powdery if you run your hands over it? is it coloured and when you say shiney, is it like a gloss. how old is the house that it is in, ohh and don`t use paint stripper, its a bitch, as you have found...

it because the gas that all the companies bought was on summer pricing and is being stored, and that was expensive, the market works about 6 months behind, so really no one is seeing a benefit from this gas.

if the ply is uncut could you not take it back! and isn`t it always the way, once you have bought it, you find something that is perfect.

http://www.teachmediy.co.uk/NetsiteCMS/pageid/13/Installing%20Aquapanel/Installing%20Aquapanel.html

i found a great material called Aqua Panel, its a plaster board mix designed to be tiled onto, good in wet areas and needs to be batened to the walls like you are planning on doing with the ply, Wicks stock it, it may be worth a look, there is also i believe a insulated version, bit thicker but...

some belt sanders with a fine grade belt can also be used to cut tiles, i have a little B&D 13mm belt sander that can do this, set your tile in an angled holder and off you go.

ever thought that old sleepers with loads of Tar in them may burn rather well if they get a piece of burning materal spat onto them!

check that there is no old fruit hiding in a cupboard or somewhere else.

We have just had an bedroom skimmed of a 1930s house, all the walls and ceiling are good but a crack has started to develop over the last few days, from the centre lighting rose across the whole ceiling, human hair size at the moment, the old plaster wasn`t great, but seemed solid if not always...